COME, THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS
 
Set to hymn tune: JEFFERSON
 		 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
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Text: Charles Wesley
 
Music: W. Walker (Southern Harmony)
 
Number of Stanzas: 2
 
Key: Bb
 
First line of hymn:
Come, thou long-expected Jesus, born to set thy people free...
 
Descant text:
Born thy people to deliver,
born a child, and yet a king;
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal Spirit rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine allsufficient merit raise us to thy glorious throne.
 
Highest note (Middle C = C3): F4
 
Suggested Use: Advent
 
 

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